ALERT! ALERT! PREMATURE LANDING!

You groggily come back to consciousness after a long cryosleep. Your ship’s warning system is telling you the ship has entered the atmosphere of a planet and is about to crash land under autopilot. Crawling to a seat, you buckle in, joining your fellow astronauts as you quickly check instrument readings.

Through the cockpit window you see a barren, desolate landscape flashing by. The ship skims a large lake before coming to a stop just off the pebble shore. The computer indicates that there is a breathable atmosphere, and after gathering survival packs the crew exits the ship.

“Where are we?” you ask each other, as everyone wades to the shore seeing a wasteland with little vegetation.

“Which planet is this? We must have gone off course on our return from Alpha Centauri.”

Then there is the sound of hoof beats, adding to the disorientation. Hoof beats? Are we on Earth?

Around an embankment comes several riders bearing rifles. As they approach, the sun glares in your eyes and a shot fires; a companion to your left falls to the ground holding his stomach. A large rider stops in front of you, momentarily blocking the sun and providing a clear look at his face.

“An ape! We’re on a planet ruled by apes!”

Apes Victorious is a roleplaying game in which you take the role of an astronaut from the 1970’s who finds himself marooned on a future Earth ruled by intelligent apes. Players may also take the role of an ape, a degenerated human, or a psi-active underdweller. Fight to survive in this post-apocalyptic future ruled by four species of apes. Or play apes who hunt humans for sport. For a different kind of campaign, play highly intelligent but insane underdwellers who have advanced technology and powerful psi powers.

This book contains:

A complete game

A post-nuclear apocalyptic setting in which apes have become the dominant species

How hard would it be to add in humans who are more like the ones features in the POTA TV Series?

Tim SNovember 07, 2016 6:36 pm UTC

Not hard at all, as they're discussed on page 88 under "Intelligent Humanoids". The box on that page discusses subservient and serf-like humans as seen on the show, in fact!

Neal JNovember 08, 2016 4:53 am UTC

PURCHASER

Thanks for the quick reply. I have been DVRing the TV Series on MeTV as I lost my box set some time ago. Purchasing the PDF now and I will get a print copy when available.

Agustin M. RNovember 05, 2016 7:38 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Hows the POD status, any ETA?

November 07, 2016 7:59 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

There was some technical glitch and the files were not sent to be verified until today, but they are with the printer and I should be able to order proof copies within the next few days.

Bill EOctober 24, 2016 9:38 pm UTC

No preview???

October 24, 2016 9:43 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Sorry about that I thought I had one set up but it won't work with zip files, so I will fix that ASAP.

Jay WOctober 21, 2016 6:48 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Found some more errors:

On the Male Names chart in the Ape names section the name Drusus is given for both 32 & 33.

Name 82 is guven as Theron. Not sure if that is an error given the Theron/Therun error in the Ape Settlements section in the description of the Sample Map.

In the Random Envounter Checks section it refers to the Dangerous Encounters section when it ought to refer to the Dangerous Evolution section for encounter tables and that section has no encounter tables in it.

Also, a quick question, Where is the final anagram word in the book?

October 21, 2016 11:38 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Thanks Jay I'll make sure all these are fixed in the print version. Will also update the PDF soon.

Chad KOctober 20, 2016 3:43 pm UTC

PURCHASER

I will buy this in print! But I'll take the PDF for now, because i want to support all the AWESOME Goblinoid Games.
Cheers! Blood Axe

Chad KOctober 20, 2016 3:49 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Fun stuff, I wish there was more art though.

Jay WOctober 19, 2016 4:32 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Noticed an error in the book. I mentioned this on the Goblinoid Forms, but figured i'd mention it here too.

Sample Map Error - Theron or Therun

This ape settlement is spelled Theron in the text but Therun on the hex map. What is the correct name for the settlemen? I'm suspecting it is Therun which is an anagram for Hunter., a reference to actress Kim Hunter.,

Is this closer to Mutant Future or Starships and Spacemen? ...big MF fan,
not so much S&S.

Brandon GOctober 18, 2016 12:55 am UTC

Hi, the game uses the same roll low d20 system as S&S. It also has the same Saving Throws as S&S. It doesn't have the same skill system based on class as S&S. There are conversions for mutant future and S&S and are very simple. There should be a no art version of the game to download up on the Goblinoid Games website in the near future so you can give it a glance before purchasing.

Jay WOctober 18, 2016 6:06 pm UTC

PURCHASER

The now art version can be downloaded. I read the full version last night and it does work very well with Mutant Future. I do recommend that you have Mutant Future along with it as it didn't cove some stuff that is in Mutant Future book that your going to want rules, etc. for to use in it.

Adventure wise it does Return To The Planet of the Apes type games very well. (If you haven't see that El Rey Network is currently showing the episodes of the series every Saturday morning.)

Compared to the other 2 RPGs that had rules for Planet of the Apes type games it is the easiest to play and get players into.

The other RPGs if your wondering that did cover Planet of the Apes games were FGU's Aftermath! and Eden Studios 'Terra Primate. All 3 handle some Planet of the Apes stuff a bit better than the others if your trying to emulate a specific time period of the Planet of the Apes or a particular film, comic, etc.

I'll try and do a full review in the future and point...See more out all the good stuff about it, the few bad things, with possible fixes, and how it compares to the other games.

As your a big Mutant Future fan you'll find stuff in it you can use in MF.

Also, they have a Cybernetic Simians that were made by the Underdwellersas a sample monster but they are not like the intelligent cybernetic apes of the Feng Shui & Shadowfist games.

October 19, 2016 2:37 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Thanks for the comments!

Chad KOctober 20, 2016 3:50 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Thanks Jay! Now Im looking to pick up the old movies & TV series for some adventure ideas.

Once again Goblinoid Games serves up top notch old school quality. Ilike this game for it's versitility and adaptbility. The group that I ran this for is begging me to run at conventions in 2018. I suspect this will happen as I am a big fan of the orig [...]

I did a more in-depth review on my blog but here's the condensed version: Apes Victorious does exactly what it sets out to do, which is to create an OSR Planet of The Apes rpg. However it doesn't go beyond that goal to do anything interesting [...]

Mr. Proctor delivers the goods. It really is that simple.
We are provided everything we need to play on a world ruled by apes with a clean and concise delivery. Better reviewers than myself will break down the intricacies of play if that is what you ne [...]

(This is the conclusion of a review of the PDF version) I can say that Apes Victorious definitely lived up to my expectations! It has everything I wanted to see in it, it all seems practical and highly usable; a stand-alone niche game for people [...]

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